Studying the Social Ecology of Crime in Southern California: An Introduction to the ILSSC

• In Event: Poster Session II

Abstract

The Irvine Laboratory for the Study of Space and Crime (ILSSC) researches the social ecology of crime and provides scientifically-informed insights to the public. ILSSC investigates the community context of crime at various spatial scales by incorporating administrative, government, open and big data with cutting-edge geospatial and statistical methods. This poster highlights three projects reflecting our mission. 1) The *Southern California Crime Study* (SCCS) is a large-scale effort to collect incident-level crime data from police agencies in the region. 2) The *Southern California Regional Crime Report* annually reports crime rates to facilitate comparisons between cities within the region. 3) The *ILSSC Crime Index* utilizes open government data from cities across the nation to examine monthly crime trends.

Authors

• John Hipp, University of California, Irvine

• Charis Kubrin, University of California, Irvine

• Christopher J. Bates, University of California, Irvine

• Christopher Contreras, University of California, Irvine

• Young-an Kim, University of California, Irvine

• Michelle Mioduszewski, University of California, Irvine

• Seth Williams, University of California, Irvine

• Benjamin Forthun, University of California, Irvine

• Navjyot K. Gill, University of California, Irvine

• Hwawon Seo, University of California, Irvine